Russian-occupied territory blocks aid workers after Ukraine dam disaster.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested that Russia allow aid workers into territory seized from Ukraine in order to help people affected by the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam. The WHO is assisting flooded zones in Ukraine, sending people and equipment to help with disaster relief. The organization is concerned with the health situation in territory controlled by Russia, to which it doesn't have access. Patients suffering from chronic diseases are most at risk from disruption created by the flooding if they can't access medical care. The WHO has been in discussion with Russia for more than half a year to allow health workers to reach Luhansk, Donetsk and other Russian-controlled territories, where people are also facing medicines shortages.